86 gans. He never gave a written report, he never signed anything, and he did his best to be minimal with his Organ bosses when he did have to report. Pavel even told Lee not to talk too much with any- one. Then he added, "I'm telling you this, but other people might not." He couldn't allow himself to get more spe- cific than that. T HE interviewers could not find out when Lee's apartment had first been wired. The earliest transcripts they would receive from the K.G.B. were dated mid-July, which was just after Os- wald returned from his trip to the Amer- ican Embassy. The question, however, remained open. Had Oswald's apartment been bugged in early March of 1960, prior to his moving in, or at some other period before July, 1961? It is also pos- sible, since the daily labor consequent upon bugging was an expensIve item in their budget, that the local K.G.B., hav- ing close human sources in place, did not install equipment until those four days in July when both Oswald and his wife were in Moscow. In conversations with the interview- ers, Igor did say that after Likhoi was married it became crucial to learn all they could about Marina's character. Was she a type of person to obtaln secrets from her uncle and pass them on to Oswald? When installing a bug, the Organs would often rent a room in an apartment above or next door to their target. That was usually not too difficult, since people always had rooms for rent in a larger apartment. In Oswald's case, conversa- tions were transcribed from a chamber above his apartment, and, later, such equipment was moved to a room next door. If the Organs had been able to rent an entire apartment above Lee's rather than a single room, they would have bugged the bathroom, kitchen, and bal- cony-all three. But they did not have that kind of access. As for being able to observe people vi- sually, that was no longer difficult by 1961. An imperceptible hole was made and a special lens inserted, a most useful tool thirty years ago-an early use of fibre optics. At that time, it was their "great- est weapon," because it provided a good deal of information. For example, knowledge started to come in to Igor and Stepan that Marina had a low opinion of Lee as a partner Still, their relationship was interesting. They got married and now they were go- ing to have a child. Was their reason love, or was it Oswald's desire for better cover? This was one question Counterin- telligence had to determine. If, in the course of going back to his native coun- try, Oswald all of a sudden divorced his family and left without them, that would put the Organs on guard. Was it that he had completed his work and was now running away? But no-this man wanted his wife to go with him. That caused many suppositions to fall away. Studying the character of Oswald's marriage re- duced anxieties for Igor and Stepan. From K.G.B. Transcripts: FOR PERIOD: 26 JULY 1961 9:50 P.M. (LHO goes into the kitchen; comes back.) 10:10 P.M. (They go to bed) 10:15 P.M. (Intimate conversation.) 10:30 P.M. (Quiet; they are sleeping.) 11:00 P.M. (Surveillance ends.) Stepan was asked if it was K.G.B. policy to discontinue bugging at 11 P.M., since people usually went to bed then. He replied that this type of measure could be conducted around the clock or for only a few hours. A matter of opera- tive expediency. Nor was there a set policy about re- cording intimate moments Usually, a K.G.B. transcriber would state that such an action had occurred, but would not give details. It goes without saying that each developer had the major responsi- bility for such decisions. It depended on what he was looking to analyze. Stepan, for one, preferred to avoid this sort of thing. "But assume I am C.I.A. or F.B.I. and I am trying to recruit a Soviet engIneer. I would have to look for com- promising materials on him, first and foremost sexual things. Working as an analyst on such a case, I give this order: 'Take down everything in the most detailed manner possible. All sexual processes. Take photographs. So on.' Everything depends on which goal is be- ing pursued." In Lee Harvey Oswald's case, sexual details were not necessary. "If he and Marina sald somethmg of interest, let our transcriber take it down; but if Oswald and Marina are just making love, a per- son listening or looking through our de- vice would write no more than 'intimate, tender moments.' " In fact, Stepan did not relish these personal occaSIons. Why irritate higher-ups who have to read it? But if something said is significant, well, his transcribers wouldn't miss that-it goes without saying. It: for example, sub- jects start, during lovemaking, to speak about important matters, that would be mentioned. Stepan recalls nothing significant, however, being noted during Oswald's case. ^LIK and Marina were sure the Organs r"\. were bugging them. ''Yeah,'' says Marina now, thinking about it. 'We'd become like two kids. Nothing or no- body is going to stop us. I was his ally all the way through. Just for the damn prin- ciple of it." Once, when all lIghts were off in their apartment, they examined their electricity meter with a flashlight The needle was still moving. That was when Lee said, "They bug our apartment." Maybe he was just playing some game with her, making it dramatic. But if they wanted to talk, they did go out to their balcony or turned on their radio. Espe- cially so they wouldn't jeopardize any persons they were talking about. Still, it did not become part of her life. If she wanted to talk to Lee, she did not always go out on that balcony. Because, really, there was nothing to hide. The most horrible thing, you would expect, was that maybe somebody was recording them in bed. Yet, and it sounds stupid, they weren't all that concerned about it- isn't that funny? But if they wanted to discuss something about their upcoming trip to America, they would go out to the balcony. Maybe she was just blocking out everything about this "intimacy part," but as she remembers she didn't mind all that much if someone was listening. Maybe it was because they didn't make love as :&e- quendy in those months of pregnancy. Pavel knew that Lee's apartment was wired. He couldn't say exactly how he knew; probably it was intuition rein- forced by experience. Stepan, after all, knew certain things about Lee he could have learned only by such methods, and hints of such knowledge came out when he met With Pavel to give instructions on what questions to ask next. So Oswald's apartment had to be bugged. Not his balcony, however. Pavel cal- culated that it would be difficult to dis- guise a microphone out on a naked bal- cony Moreover, cars would be passing,